A Storehouse of Tales: Contemporary Indian Women Writers

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A Storehouse of Tales: Contemporary Indian Women Writers

India celebrating fifty years of independence offered to the audience a haunting remake of Vande Mataram. India entered the new millennium singing paens to information technology. India's writers from Rushdie to Roy spanned the diversity of a nation which refuses to be defined by any consistent image. A taste of this diversity is contained in A Storehouse of Tales. As changeable as the monsoon sky as exhilarating as a ride on a village swing as taut as the kite strings at Makar Sankranti as demanding of attention as the Ring Road traffic this anthology of stories captures today's assertions and yesterday's nostalgia.
Contents: - Malashri Lal. 1. Delhi: city of the dead. 2. Jani's morning. 3. Omens sacred and profane. 4. Cry My beloved child. 5. Give me back my country. 6. Simone de beauvoir and the manes. 7. Chocolate. 8. Twenty or twenty five? 9. Fig blossom. 10. Lifework. 11. A toasto to herself. 12. Recollecting motherhood. 13. The Rooster and the hen. 14. Anadi's journey. 15. In memory of Meera. 16. Bhadoo.